Cotswold District Council is inviting ideas to boost the district’s economy with over £1.7m funding available to local businesses and communities

Cotswold District Council has welcomed the news that the Cotswold National Landscape Board has dropped plans to designate the Cotswolds as a National Park, a move that could have had a detrimental impact on the District Council’s planning powers and caused housing prices to skyrocket.

This summer was the third year running of the Holiday Activity and Food Programme, providing 2439 children with free activities and 1773 free meals across the district.

A rare and important find has been unearthed in the Cotswold District. Two Roman cavalry swords along with remnants of their wooden scabbards and fitments were discovered by Glenn Manning during a metal detectorist rally in the north of the Cotswolds. There was also a broken copper alloy bowl discovered with the weaponry.

Cotswold District Council is supporting an innovative rural ‘Climathon’ to give residents, community groups, farmers, landowners and local businesses the chance to co-create ideas for how food and farming can help to tackle the climate emergency.